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he is the top democrat in the house on energy issue, and he has been really confrontational with the oil industry, particularly on safety issues. at a time when lots and lots of his colleagues in congress have been quietly and happily awash in oil money. but ed markey has just been a bulldog on the oil industry over the years, particularly on public safety. during the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010, for example, it was ed markey who brought national attention to the fact that the big oil companies, including bp, had basically just mailed it in when it came to their oil response plans. these documents that were supposed to describe in great detail exactly what they would do in the event of a disaster, ed markey hauled the oil industry's executives up to capitol hill to call them on what was really in those plans, to do this -- >> these five companies have response plans that are virtually identical. the plans cite identical response capabilities and out the identical ineffective equipment. like bp, three other companies include references to protecting walruses, which have not cal
he is the top democrat in the house on energy issue, and he has been really confrontational with the oil industry, particularly on safety issues. at a time when lots and lots of his colleagues in congress have been quietly and happily awash in oil money. but ed markey has just been a bulldog on the oil industry over the years, particularly on public safety. during the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010, for example, it was ed markey who brought national attention to the fact that the big oil...
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he is the top democrat in the house on energy issue, and he has been really confrontational with the oil industry, particularly on safety issues. at a time when lots and lots of his colleagues in congress have been quietly and happily awash in oil money. but ed markey has just been a bulldog on the oil industry over the years, particularly on public safety. during the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010, for example, it was ed markey who brought national attention to the fact that the big oil companies, including bp, had basically just mailed it in when it came to their oil response plans. these documents that were supposed to describe in great detail exactly what they would do in the event of a disaster, ed markey hauled the oil industry's executives up to capitol hill to call them on what was really in those plans, to do this -- >> these five companies have response plans that are virtually identical. the plans cite identical response capabilities and out the identical ineffective equipment. like bp, three other companies include references to protecting walruses, which have not cal
he is the top democrat in the house on energy issue, and he has been really confrontational with the oil industry, particularly on safety issues. at a time when lots and lots of his colleagues in congress have been quietly and happily awash in oil money. but ed markey has just been a bulldog on the oil industry over the years, particularly on public safety. during the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010, for example, it was ed markey who brought national attention to the fact that the big oil...
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he is the top democrat in the house on energy issue, and he has been really confrontational with the oil industry, particularly on safety issues. at a time when lots and lots of his colleagues in congress have been quietly and happily awash in oil money. but ed markey has just been a bulldog on the oil industry over the years, particularly on public safety. during the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010, for example, it was ed markey who brought national attention to the fact that the big oil companies, including bp, had basically just mailed it in when it came to their oil response plans. these documents that were supposed to describe in great detail exactly what they would do in the event of a disaster, ed markey hauled the oil industry's executives up to capitol hill to call them on what was really in those plans, to do this -- >> these five companies have response plans that are virtually identical. the plans cite identical response capabilities and out the identical ineffective equipment. like bp, three other companies include references to protecting walruses, which have not cal
he is the top democrat in the house on energy issue, and he has been really confrontational with the oil industry, particularly on safety issues. at a time when lots and lots of his colleagues in congress have been quietly and happily awash in oil money. but ed markey has just been a bulldog on the oil industry over the years, particularly on public safety. during the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010, for example, it was ed markey who brought national attention to the fact that the big oil...
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for now, he is the top dog on energy issues. he writes "conversations with alaska at the national weather service don't back up shell's claims regarding the weather forecast. while shell cited a two-week good window of weather, the national marine forecast only extends for five days, not two weeks. shell's rig operations only happen for two weeks" shell has not appear to do consult at all, after november. if they had been in touch with the weather service, they would have learned what actually was forecasted was winds reaching 25 knots and seas reaching five feet. shell says they only moved this rig because of a two-week window of good weather. but the national weather service doesn't even give two weeks for weather, and what they did was the horribly bad weather. what explains their rush to move that rig when they did? well, in this letter, congressman markey raises another potentially explosive issue. quote "it does appear that they could be at risk. shell could have potentially been expose to do state tax liability on the rig
for now, he is the top dog on energy issues. he writes "conversations with alaska at the national weather service don't back up shell's claims regarding the weather forecast. while shell cited a two-week good window of weather, the national marine forecast only extends for five days, not two weeks. shell's rig operations only happen for two weeks" shell has not appear to do consult at all, after november. if they had been in touch with the weather service, they would have learned what...